Trans am? Firebird? 
I wish. 1st one I tried to buy was a 400 Trans Am, the guy game me the keys and let me play with it. Was sluggish on take off so I said no. He then expalained it had a fault with the gear leveer thar for some obsure reason it allways set off it 2nd gear unless you knew how to sort it.
He took me out for a test run. 72mph in 1st and off the clock in 2nd, laid rubber at any speed, he wouldnt drop the price so I declined.
I then went on and owned these 2 cars
The camaro used to run at the pod with a 402 in it, but I bought it with a sluggish 350 in it. actually thinking back I think a lot of the problems were t he exhaust.
The Pontiac Parisienne which I called the brick was the ugliest and most unassuming car you would ever expect to get beaten by from the lights.
Had a Chevy 350 in it, but ponty running gear, ate wheels (damaged the centres on 3 wheels and had to replace them, often had to reseal the tyres as they spun on the rims), along with gearboxes. Same MPH through the gears as the Trans Am I went in, if it got traction from standstill, and I do mean if, it easliy saw 911Turbo's off to 60 and 100 mph. Did 24 on a run. seated 7 with ease and had a massive boot.
I really do miss that car. am of to autotrader now.
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